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KEVIN COLE, TRUSTEE

Kevin Cole is an award-winning musical director, arranger, composer, vocalist and archivist who garnered the praises of Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Hugh Martin, Burton Lane, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch and members of the Jerome Kern and Gershwin families. Engagements for Cole include: sold-out performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl; BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall; National Symphony at the Kennedy Center; San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra (London); Hong Kong Philharmonic; Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Australia) Ravinia Festival, Wolf Trap, Savannah Music Festival, Castleton Festival, Chautauqua Institute, Carnegie Hall with Albany Symphony and many others. Kevin was featured soloist for the PBS special, Gershwin at One Symphony Place with the Nashville Symphony. He has shared the concert stage with William Warfield, Sylvia McNair, Lorin Maazel, Audra McDonald, Barbara Cook, and friend and mentor Marvin Hamlisch.